Energy Questions

I'm writing to discern if it's normal for my heart to do this. I've bought ketosis sticks and pee on them frequently, and have been in ketosis for about five weeks now.
My energy level is more or less constant throughout the day, but if I eat a...
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This seems odd because unlike carbs that the body breaks down quickly and uses for cheap energy, fat usually takes longer to break down and gives more energy (sustainable). What are you eating that is so "fatty" that has no carbs or protein? Any...
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Hello fellow Paleo people!
I'm proud say that a little over a month ago I went fully paleo. This presented a major problem for me: pancakes.
Problem: No pancakes!! I love pancakes, but normally they clearly aren't paleo. The pancake recipes I...
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I'd avoid high carb mixes. Generally, I stick to Coconut Flour because it's mostly fiber. I also add a scoop or two of whey to shift the macros towards protein and fat, and cook them in coconut oil with some grassfed butter. I sweeten them with...
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If your goal is to gain muscle, you need to work out every other day instead of every day. this gets your muscles that you worked out the day before a little bit of time to rest and organize themselves before your next trip. Try yoga if you...
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I go walking everyday on my lunch break, when i eat VLC i find i don't have much energy, i lack that spring in my step, if i go up to 200g carbs then it comes back, but then the last 2 days i've been fasting, all i've eaten is one avocado...
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I have just recently started the paleo diet by gradually migrating across. I no longer drink tea or coffee (although ultimately I will go back to coffee - but filter coffee as a treat like having cake). I have completely cut out sugar as well as...
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You speak only of diet, that's but one factor that plays into overall health, energy levels, etc… Stress? Exercise? Not everything goes back to diet. But let's assume diet is all that matters. You should eat more and eat more carbs, if you want...
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Before being fat adapted i've noticed coconut oil was the only fatty food that gave me subtle energy, now that i'm fat adapted I noticed that the fatty foods that give me the most energy are coconut oil, anchovies and avocados, on the other hand...
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One of the healthiest
fat that you can get is from bones and bone marrow, which may be added while
making stews. This also energizes a lot. Other good sources can be salads
drizzled with macadamia or homemade or virgin oil.Dipping food...
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All the paleo stuff i've been reading say aim for 8-9h of sleep. this used to be no problem for me at all. After transitioning to 90% paleo (3 weeks and counting) i find it impossible to get more than 6-7h though, i wake up naturally after 6...
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Anecdotally, I often eat coconut butter before bed. I'll often have that late-night "OMG I need food but I'm not hungry" thing where I keep finding myself in the kitchen for no good reason. I'll usually take a couple spoonful of coconut butter...
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I've been eating paleo for over a year. I lost a couple of kilos and seem to have plateaued at 59kgs even though I could visibly do with losing a few more. I would never go back to eating a SAD diet because my psoriasis and also some visible...
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Hi, I'm going to have six moths with constant work on a project and i'm looking in too what would be the optimal diet for that lifestyle!
I work out two - tree times a week, and work at the computer on average 13-16 hours a day....
I need...
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I went VLC under 10 grams a day for 3-4 months and let me tell you it f**king sucked. I had issues concentrating, constant brain fog, I was always sore from working out as I was not replenishing my glycogen stores. I started adding in carbs via...
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It seems like everyone on this site fasts before a workout, but I feel awful if I wait too long after my meal... like my head starts hurting and I feel like I need to lie down. My usual workout is running a couple miles and lifting weights....
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I must be one of the few people who don't work out fasted. My workouts, mostly weight training, are usually in the morning. Doing a workout fasted doesn't work out well for me so I eat a good breakfast of protein and fat and finish it about an...
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This is more just a conversation piece and musing. We all know the three macronutrients and the energy they provide us with. They do other things, but we mostly eat energy all day. Paleos usually prefer fat.
Calories per...
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I think alcohol is probably fine. Keeping the dose to 1/2 the amount it takes for you to feel it probably eases the load on your organs. And if you dont abuse it it probably wont take any time off your lifespan unless you're old or infirim.
I...
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What's everyone elses experience with removing wheat/gluten from their diet?
The big trend that I hear a lot of right now is gluten. Yes, gluten can be *extremely* bad for you physically and mentally and that's fairly easily quantified....
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Lately I have not been getting the best quality of sleep, and I am not sure why this is. In a 7 hour sleep, I end up waking up 3-4 times and this makes me feel groggy in the morning and within 4-5 hours I am sleeping again. Any idea why this is...
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Try supplementing magnesium. Low levels in soil means that most people are chronically deficient, and it can really help with sleep stuff .
Also check to see if you have any blood sugar issues. Hypoglycaemia can keep you up at night. On a...
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the real question is do you need an energy boost? if you were low energy and are still low energy its different from you being high energy and continuing to be high energy. if its the former it may be because youve lowered your calorie intake to...
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If I may summarize the Paleo recommendation, we are to minimize direct sugar, including eating sweet fruits sparingly, eliminate things that directly convert to sugar (white flour, its concoctions, etc.), and eliminate polysaccharides that...
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The sugar crash happens when your blood sugar gets high, and your body pumps out too much insulin, thus clearing out the glucose (remember glucose above a certain level in the blood is toxic). With a paleo diet, you have a steady level of glucose...
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Has anybody experience a dramatic increase in energy after starting probiotics? I finished a bottle of enymedica Pro-bio about 5 days ago. About noon on the day I first started this product I noticed I had a lot of energy- energy like I haven't...
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So after 8 days on strict paleo I am having a pretty bad carb crash. I wouldn't think much of it and just push through but I have exams coming up in a week and am afraid it's going to affect my studying and test taking. The carb crash started tree...
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Hey All,
I haven't found any reported evidence on this around the Internet, but I tend to get a real buzz or burst of energy from eating half a can of canned oysters (about six or seven of them should do it). Has anyone else had this experience?...
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I don't notice that personally, buy if I had to guess I'd say it's either the zinc or the taurine, just because shellfish, specifically oysters are very dense in those two things. There are some other libido boosting amino acids in it that it...
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I'm trying to induce nutritional ketosis in an attempt to glean its mood-stabilizing and mental clarity benefits, and to stabilize my energy and alertness levels throughout the day.
I'm currently employing the following diet:
8am:
2 tbsp MCT...
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I suspect you will need to increase your food intake, if not now, soon. As your fat stores dwindle, you will begin to have less energy. You may not feel it now, ten to twenty lbs later, you definitely will.
The 'ill advised' level of saturated...
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I used to take a lot of supplements Ray Kurzweil style.
These days, I'm much more convinced that the proper way to supplement my body is to find the chemicals I like, then find the food that has them, then grow / buy that organic and consume it...
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WARNING: Great wall of China text incoming.
Hello, beautiful people! I'm gonna go ahead and provide as much information as I can possibly relay without trying to wrack your brains with a sheer overload of STUFF.
Background:
I'm currently a 20...
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Hey kg7,
Believe it or not I have a very similar past to you.i ate junk growing up, never had skin issues, started spending lots of time on the computer (playing runescape), developed skin issues, felt like, meh whatever. Then around the age of...
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TLDR Warning, huge rambling novel below:
Hi PaleoHacks. Time to give some background, or semi-life story to any who cares to read.
I am a dude, 5' 11'', about 165-170 lbs with around 18-23% bodyfat (I don't know how to do the various...
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Sorry, this will probably be long, but I need help.
A bit of background. My 15 year old daughter has multiple disabilities. She is cognitively disabled (functions at about a 6 year old level), has low muscle tone, and has epilepsy. She is 5'7"...
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First off, I wouldn't restrict anything except maybe junk food.
I don't know how helpful this is, but shortly after adopting my dog, I discovered that he has epilepsy. He was having a cluster of several grand mal seizures over a 24-hour period...
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What has been your magic bullet?
It could be for health, well being, energy or just a over all benefit to your life.
Is it IF, vitamin D, coconut oil or raw milk? Whatever it might be I would like to hear it.
My magic bullet has been bone...
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My magic bullet is realizing there is no magic bullet. If you are eating a half-dozen kinds of poison, there is no simple fix other than to stop doing that! Doing the hard work to get say 95% clean gives real benefit and is really worth it. You...
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